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Professional Certifications
Get yourself an edge in the marketplace by developing job specific skills that are in demand at industry-leading companies.
About Grow with Google Certifications
You can supplement your Beloit education by earning a professional certification through the Grow with Google program on Coursera. These career training programs are designed by Google experts to give you the skills that you need for success as a leader at Beloit and beyond. There are six certifications and one course that you can take through December 2025.
To earn a certification, you will complete multiple courses available online at any time throughout the year. While you must take all courses specified to earn a specific certification, you are free to enroll in any single courses that meet your targeted goals.
Certifications are not credit
These opportunities are intended to supplement, not replace, a Beloit College education. These courses and certifications are delivered through Coursera and certified by various Google. Coursera courses do not result in Beloit College credit and do not appear on Beloit transcripts.
Students who have earned certifications through Coursera may post badges on LinkedIn and indicate completion on their resumes.
Getting started on a certification
If you are a student:
- Complete the Professional Certifications Request Form for Students.
- Please ask a faculty or staff member to complete this Professional Certifications Recommendation Form.
If you are an alumni:
- Please fill out the Professional Certifications Request Form for Alumni.
- There is no recommendation required.
Once we have received your forms, a member of the Career Works staff will be in touch to provide you access to the Coursera platform.
Available Courses
Below are the certifications available through this program. Please note that these certifications are only available through December 2025.
- This single course provides an overview of using AI in the workplace, including ways to boost your productivity, an introduction to prompt engineering, and the ethical considerations of using AI.
- Google Project Management: This 6-course series covers foundations, project initiation and planning, Agile approaches, and applying project management in the real world.
- Google Data Analytics: This 8-course series prepares you for the data analytic skills necessary for entry-level positions like junior associate data analyst, database administrator, and more.
- Google Digital Marketing & E-Commerce: This 7-course series covers the foundations of digital marketing, and then teach you to attract and engage customers, convert online engagement to sales leads, access the success of your work, and build and launch an e-commerce store.
- Google UX Design: This 7-course series provides you skills in paper an digital design. By the end of the certification, you will have a professional UX portfolio with three end-to-end projects.
- Google IT Support: This 5-course series covers the fundamentals of technical support, computer networking, operating systems, system administration, and IT security.
- Google IT Automation with Python: This 8-course series covers using the programming language Python to interact with operating systems and automate real-world tasks. It also introduces GitHub and troubleshooting techniques in Python.